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Jessica González-Rojas
Democratic PartySTS · NY · District 13
New York State Senate District 13
STS · NY · District 13
New York State Senate District 13
Boston University—B.A. in International Relations; NYU Wagner School—master’s degree in Public and Nonprofit Management and Public Policy; Columbia University Business School—Certificate in Nonprofit Management
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Jessica González-Rojas is a New York State Assembly Member for Assembly District 34 in Queens and the 2026 Democratic/Working Families candidate for New York State Senate District 13. Before elected office, she served for more than 13 years in leadership at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, including as Executive Director. She is also an Adjunct Clinical Professor at NYU School of Law and previously taught at NYU Wagner and CUNY City College.
Committee Assignments: Task Force on Women's Issues · Subcommittee on Human Trafficking · Committee on Children and Families · Committee on Cities · Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions · Committee on Environmental Conservation · Committee on Health · Committee on Social Services · Asian Pacific American Task Force · Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus · Task Force on Food, Farm & Nutrition Policy · Legislative Women's Caucus · Task Force on New Americans · Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force
Jessica González-Rojas, a Democratic candidate for New York State Senate District 13 and current New York Assemblymember, emphasizes expanding healthcare access, reproductive healthcare, Medicaid/CHIP continuity, and health equity. Her Assembly record includes prime sponsorship of bills to expand coverage for immigrants and gender-affirming care, practical abortion-support funding, and lower out-of-pocket costs for asthma inhalers.
Jessica González-Rojas emphasizes worker protections, labor power, wage standards, child care as economic infrastructure, and pathways for immigrants/asylum seekers to work legally. As a current New York Assembly member running for New York State Senate District 13 in 2026, her record includes sponsoring or co-sponsoring bills on wage theft, personnel records, minimum wage, work permits, and child care access.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Supported pending child care legislation, including a measure to allow quicker access to child care assistance so parents do not lose job opportunities while applications are pending.
SourceJessica González-Rojas supports strong protections for immigrant New Yorkers, including limiting cooperation with ICE, ending New York involvement in immigration detention, guaranteeing counsel in deportation proceedings, protecting immigrant students, and expanding access to essential services regardless of immigration status.
Specific Actions & Proposals
González-Rojas called for passage of legislation to limit the use of state and local resources for federal immigration enforcement purposes.
SourceGonzález-Rojas supports guaranteeing legal counsel for New Yorkers facing deportation so families are not forced to navigate immigration court alone.
SourceJessica González-Rojas supports a climate-and-energy agenda centered on climate resilience for Queens, renewable energy investment, green union jobs, heat resilience, and flood recovery protections. As a sitting New York Assembly member and 2026 candidate for New York State Senate District 13, she has also co-sponsored bills to expand solar/geothermal energy in schools, invest in clean energy and disadvantaged communities, and study replacement of fossil-fuel generation with renewable energy and storage.
Specific Actions & Proposals
González-Rojas stated that New York should commit $15 billion for climate justice, including resilient housing, renewable energy, and good union green jobs.
SourceJessica González-Rojas supports expanding public education supports, including universal free school meals, more school mental-health staffing, inclusive curriculum, racial and socioeconomic integration accountability, and health education. Her record as a sitting New York Assemblymember shows she has sponsored or co-sponsored multiple education-related bills while running for New York State Senate District 13 in 2026.
Jessica González-Rojas, a Democratic candidate for New York State Senate District 13 in 2026 and current New York Assembly District 34 member, frames public safety around traffic-violence prevention, crime prevention, victim protections, police accountability, and safety-related regulation. Her Assembly record includes sponsoring measures on police disciplinary-record transparency, banning the use of "excited delirium" in public-agency records, anti-sex-trafficking education, vulnerable sexual-assault witness protections, and fire-sprinkler tax credits.
New York State Assembly biography
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New York State Assembly committee membership
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=034&sh=commFetched: committees
NYC Votes voter guide
https://www.nycvotes.org/whats-on-the-ballot/2026-general-election-voter-guide/state-senator/profile/?bannerTitle=Jessica+Gonzalez-Rojas&candidateId=V1052&electionCycle=2026&geoAreaAbbr=13&officeType=8&officelevel=2&partyId=D%2CWFFetched: biography
OpenStates / Plural
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New York State Assembly Member Directory
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=34Fetched: votingRecord
Transparency USA - People for JGR 2026
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/committee/people-for-jgr-2026-445853/Fetched: campaignFinance
New York State Public Campaign Finance Board
https://pcfb.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2026/04/commissioner-report-for-the-approval-to-disburse-public-matching-funds-04.15.2026-002.pdfFetched: campaignFinance
Jessica González-Rojas Campaign Endorsements
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Vote Smart
https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/192138/jessica-gonzalez-rojasFetched: endorsements
Queens Daily Eagle
https://queenseagle.com/all/2025/12/19/working-families-party-goes-for-jgr-over-ramosFetched: endorsements
PoliticsNY
https://politicsny.com/2026/05/11/ag-letitia-james-endorses-gonzalez-rojas-for-state-senate/Fetched: endorsements
NYC Kids PAC
https://nyckidspac.org/2026/06/our-endorsements-for-the-state-senate/Fetched: endorsements
Blue Voter Guide
https://bluevoterguide.org/NY/candidate_Jessica_Gonz%C3%A1lez-Rojas/328245?electionId=564Fetched: endorsements
Blue Voter Guide - New York Immigration Coalition Action
https://bluevoterguide.org/endorser-org/New_York_Immigration_Coalition_Action_%28NYIC%29/NY/6239Fetched: endorsements
The Freedom Index
https://thefreedomindex.org/ny/legislator/22364/votes/report-ny-scorecard-2025/pdf/scc/Fetched: endorsements
New York State Assembly biography
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Jessica-Gonzalez-Rojas/bio/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly sponsored legislation
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/?ad=034&sh=sponsorFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate Open Legislation A1285
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1285Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate Open Legislation A1710
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1710Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly A02137
https://www.nyassembly.gov/leg/?bn=A02137&leg_video=Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate Open Legislation A8841A
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8841/amendment/AFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly asthma inhaler press release
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Jessica-Gonzalez-Rojas/story/114699Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Directory
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=034&sh=bioFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Legislation
https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/a7405Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Bill Search
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y&bn=A02107Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Legislation
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6086Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Legislation
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A278Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member News
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Jessica-Gonzalez-Rojas/story/112793Fetched: issuePositions
Jessica González-Rojas for State Senate campaign
https://www.votejgr.com/immigrantFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Jessica-Gonzalez-Rojas/video/28179/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation database
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4181Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member newsletter
https://nyassembly.gov/write/upload/member_files/034/pdfs/20230613_0106461.pdfFetched: issuePositions
Queens Daily Eagle
https://queenseagle.com/all/2025/8/28/local-pol-running-for-state-senate-promotes-climate-plan-ahead-of-ida-anniversaryFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas newsroom
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Jessica-Gonzalez-Rojas/story/114241Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation: A610
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A610Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation: A4638
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4638Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation: A8156
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New York State Senate Open Legislation: A8157
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8157Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Biography
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=034&sh=bioFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Sponsored Legislation
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/mem/?ad=034&sh=sponsorFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Bill A00697
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/leg/?bn=A00697&leg_video=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Bill A04868
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A4868&default_fld=&leg_video=&term=2025Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Bill A03485
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/leg/?bn=A03485&leg_video=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Bill A08159
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/leg/?bn=A08159&leg_video=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Bill A08164
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